Copenhagen vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Copenhagen	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2601	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6038	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$1451	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$2570	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4591	$598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	92	42
😀 Quality of life	98	68
🏙️ Population	667K	1.08M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 257% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 713th and 6947th ($2601 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Denmark and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Denmark vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 10th and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Nur-Sultan

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	Copenhagen	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.6	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.3	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.14	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$6.84	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.58	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1734	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3186	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2138	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9559	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6448	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.63	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$116	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.19	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.69	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.62	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.5	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.7	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$125	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$614	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17654	$5235

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2617
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2379
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2184
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1421
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1757
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2086
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2280
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1619
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1598
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1977
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1591
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1485
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2029
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1386
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1362
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1805
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1785
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1502
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2088
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1523
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1444
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1770
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1668
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1481
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1515
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1529
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1869
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1563
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1675
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1861
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1460
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1662
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1421
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1467
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1658
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1678

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525